Cigar-package.



J. FOEGE.

CIGAR PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1913.

1,088,335. Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

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CIGAB-PAGKAGE.

Specification f Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Application filed May 15, 1913. Serial No. 767,840.

To all whom it may concern Be 1t known that 1, JOHN FOEGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond,

in the county of I-Ienrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Packages; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

llhe invention relates to cigar packages.

In the manufacture of cigars it is desirable to secure a thorough blending of all of the tobaccos, and my invention has for its object the provision of a process by which this blending may be successfully accomplished.

In the manufacture of cigars the cigar maker endeavors to secure old tobacco that has been thoroughly cured and when he is successful in securing such tobacco the product is a cigar that is satisfactory. In the present condition of the manufacture of cigars however it is difficult to obtain old and well cured tobaccos and it is therefore the practice of cigar makers to use newer and uncured tobaccos, or tobacco that is still rank and the result is a product that is not blended, and while the cigar when smoked may give off a satisfactory aroma, the taste will be unpleasant and for that reason the product is unsatisfactory.

My invention contemplates taking advantage of the present condition of the manufacture of cigars in which it is necessary to use young and uncured tobacco with better cured tobacco and by packing the cigars in the ordinary cedar boxes used in commerce while still moist and then placing said box in air tight containers and permitting said hermetically sealed boxes to stand for a long period, I subject the cigars so treated to a sweating action or a referi entation of the tobacco throughout the whole cigar and cause a beautiful blend of all of the different component tobaccos in the cigars making a satisfactory product out of what would otherwise be an unsatisfactory one. Furthermore the cedar box that I use and which is commonly used for packing cigars assists in adding to the flavor of the cigar and also forms an absorbent for any excessive moisture that may be in the product and prevents the cigars from becoming moldy and prevents the excessive fermentation .during the sweating process.

The objects and advantages referred to may be attained by means of theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawi'ng,=in which- F igure 1 is a central verticalsectional View of a cigar box and th e'air tight casing, and Fig. 2 a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referringto'the drawings in which similar reference characters will be used to designate the corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a cigar box made of cedar and preferably of Spanish variety, containing a plurality of cigars 2, said box being closed and inserted within the metal casing 3 that is hermetically sealed by any suitable sealing means to prevent the ingress of air therein. The interior of the casing 3 is slightly larger than the interior of the box 1 to provide a space 4: around the sides and top of the box for the purpose to be hereinafter described.

In carrying out my invention I first make my cigars of the stock that I may select, some of which stock consists of new or imperfectly cured tobacco. This imperfectly cured tobacco still retains some of the gums of the tobacco leaf and the germs of fermentation so that when the cigars 2 which are in their moist condition are placed within the box 1 and said box 1 and its contents are inserted within the air tight container 3 and said container hermetically sealed to prevent the entrance of air thereto, the moisture in the cigars acting upon the gums in the newer tobacco, will, with the aid of the germs of fermentation start a fermentation of the cigars within the container and the circulation of air within the container caused by said fermentation will cause a thorough blending of the tobaccos used in the fillers, binders and wrappers of the cigars and eliminate all of the rankness of the newer tobacco-s thus resulting in a better class of composing the cigars.

In placing my cigars on the market I shall sell the cigars todealers While contained in the air-tight casings so that the blending process heretofore described Will continue While "the'cigarsfare in transit and held in stock by the dealer, andin order to keep the cigars in thei'r moist condition the dealer may keep the cigars in the container until the box has 'been emptied: V

Having thus described the invention What I claim is:

A cigar package comprising an inner box of Spanish cedar containing cigars packed immediately after they are made and While moist, and an outer hermetically sealed metal casing containing the inner box, said outer casing being larger than the box to provide a dead-air space around the box to protect the cigars against sudden changes in temperature.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FOEGE. lVitnesses:

R. JoIcEINoHAM, Jn, EMMETT BLANKENSHIP.

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Washington, D. O. 

